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Razorbills
Alca torda
59.8538, -1.27738
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Description:
The Razorbill is primarily black with a white underside. The male and female are identical in plumage; however, males are generally larger than females.This bird chooses one partner for life. Females lay one egg per year. Razorbills nest along coastal cliffs in enclosed or slightly exposed crevices.
Habitat:
These birds are distributed across sub-arctic and boreal waters of the Atlantic. Their breeding habitat is islands, rocky shores and cliffs on northern Atlantic coasts.
These were perched in a rocky cliff in Sunburgh Head, Lerwick (Shetland I.). I venture to say the two above were a couple and the one below a neighbor.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2013
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